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Sy Harding: Is China’s economy, the second largest in the world, a disaster coming down to a hard landing, which has been the popular forecast for four or five years now? Or is it merely slowing from unsustainable double-digit growth of more than Read more…

Is the Chinese stock market finally going to get off the mat? That’s the hope of many investors after China’s State Council announced plans for a wide range of financial market reforms that will make it easier for foreign investment and make the country’s commodities markets more transparent. Traders cheered the news by Read more…

Tony Sagami: Unless you’re an electrician or an investor who pays very close attention to the non-ferrous metals market, you may not have noticed the beating copper took so far this year. It’s been getting killed. Read more…

Sean Brodrick: My newsfeed is buzzing with panicky stories on China’s economy. Professional worrywarts are terrified that the country’s first corporate bond default (by a little-known Chinese solar company ) is just a taste of an economic Read more…

James DiGeorgia: There’s a raging debate among economists and stock market analysts of all stripes as to whether China is really slowing down and about to cause another world economic meltdown like in 2008-’11. Read more…

While the global market heaved a sigh of relief last week with the U.S. risks temporarily averted, China has become a flashpoint where events could either promote global stability or push other markets Read more…

While there has been some encouraging trade data lately from China, the overall sentiment regarding the nation remains quite bearish. Growth levels have slowed down, debt is a concern, and there is still plenty of speculation over the nation’s Read more…

Tony Sagami: I visited the southern China province of Canton last week. And while I ate my share of delicious Cantonese food — like char sui, jook sing noodles and mantis shrimp — I wasn’t there just to feed my face. Read more…

Besides the surprising good news on the jobs front, a majority of the recent economic releases from the U.S. as well as across the globe have been quite weak. This points once again to the dreaded Read more…

Carolyn Pairitz:The first week of the new year saw a quiet rally of the market, as the President and Congress reached an agreement on fiscal cliff discussions and signed a bill into effect earlier this week. The United States also reported the addition of 155,000 jobs in 2012. While this number is not really that high Read more…

Michael Johnston: WisdomTree, the issuer behind a number of dividend-weighted ETFs, announced today the launch of the first ETF to specifically target dividend-paying Chinese stocks. The new WisdomTree China ex-Financials Index Fund (NASDAQ:CHXF) Read more…

Eric Dutram: Over the past 30 years, China’s economy has changed from a centrally planned system that was largely closed to international trade, to a more market-oriented economy with a rapidly growing private sector. A major component supporting China’s rapid economic Read more…